Whitmire v. Georgia Power Co.

Andrews, Presiding Judge.

Charles Whitmire was electrocuted when equipment he was using to perform work on a water and sewer line project came into contact with an overhead 46,000 volt electric line owned by Georgia Power Company (Georgia Power). Mr. Whitmire was standing on the ground guiding a pipe into an excavated trench for his employer, C&B Mechanical Contractors (C&B), when the backhoe which held the pipe by a cable contacted the line and electricity flowed from the line through his body, causing his death. Mr. Whitmire’s surviving spouse, Sherrie Whitmire, brought a wrongful death suit…